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. >> john: which sounds reasonable to me, to you, most americans but not to john boehner speaker of the house. >> when you raise the price of employment guess what happens you get less of it. >> john: that is not true. and that comes from a political leader who thinks billionaires who have it rough but poor people have it too easy. the president laid out what he would do on the abraham/ing sequester that would push the economy into recession. >> obama: on medicare i'm prepared to enact reforms that will achieve the same amount of healthcare savings by the beginning of the next decade as the reforms proposed by the bipartisan simpson-bowles commission. to hit the rest of our deficit reduction target we should do what lourdes in both parties have already suggested, and save hundreds of billions of dollars by getting rid of the tax loopholes and deductions for the well-off and the well-connected. >> the >> the president's sequester that we want to sea happen, but when it comes to overcoming their miserable performance with hispanic voters, here's part of what he said about immigration last
. >> john: which sounds reasonable to me, to you, most americans but not to john boehner speaker of the house. >> when you raise the price of employment guess what happens you get less of it. >> john: that is not true. and that comes from a political leader who thinks billionaires who have it rough but poor people have it too easy. the president laid out what he would do on the abraham/ing sequester that would push the economy into recession. >> obama: on medicare i'm...
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just this morning john boehner said no way. so he's got a couple of avenues he can go down, but not nearly as he mentioned hast night. >> michael: you know one of the things that he said hast night talked about the deficit, and how all of these programs that he was introducing to congress--i'll get to talking about what you just said as well. weren't going to add to the deficit. let's listen to the president. >> obama: let me repeat, nothing i'm proposing tonight should increase our deficit by a single dime. it is in the a bigger government that we need but a smarter government that sets priorities and invests in broad base growth. >> michael: it sounded like to me like george w. bush no new tactics. if he's not going to add to the deficit, that means he's going to cut what's there and that is not going to make his base terribly happy. >> well, that's not quite what it means. he could raise taxes and do the programs and not add a cent to it at all. listen to the president's words carefully. he said they should not add to the de
just this morning john boehner said no way. so he's got a couple of avenues he can go down, but not nearly as he mentioned hast night. >> michael: you know one of the things that he said hast night talked about the deficit, and how all of these programs that he was introducing to congress--i'll get to talking about what you just said as well. weren't going to add to the deficit. let's listen to the president. >> obama: let me repeat, nothing i'm proposing tonight should increase our...
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whether john boehner or abraham has a victory committee it can be connected to other committees. they could raise potentially from one donor a $1 million contribution and spread it out to the other candidates and republican parties whether the democratic or republican party. it allows the candidate to solicit a $1 million. >> michael: which is extraordinary. we know republicans are bringing this case. but we know people like floyd abrams and others have not-limiting this as a free speech issue. where do they stand on free speech. >> there is a divide and has been ever since sandra day owe o'connor left, and replaced that's how they came down in cities eyecitizens united and it looks that's how they'll come down in mccutcheons. >> michael: now we return to the campaign front where mark sanford is fine tuning his campaign message for the house seat. he's turning that pesky negative, the one about running off to argentina to visit your mistress while telling everyone you're taking, he's turning it into talking points. >> i absolutely failed in my personal life and my marriage. but o
whether john boehner or abraham has a victory committee it can be connected to other committees. they could raise potentially from one donor a $1 million contribution and spread it out to the other candidates and republican parties whether the democratic or republican party. it allows the candidate to solicit a $1 million. >> michael: which is extraordinary. we know republicans are bringing this case. but we know people like floyd abrams and others have not-limiting this as a free speech...
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house speaker john boehner was even more dismissive. he told reporters today that the house republicans won't pass any part of the president's agenda this year except for immigration, and told mr. obama to stay out of it. and boehner also said the president lacked quote the courage to take on his heart on long-term spending, and that when it comes to cutting the deficit, and i quote, i don't think he has the guts to do it. mr. president, many economies believe that spending cuts are holding them back. boehner and his followers are not ready to compromise. 70% of voters say they would support a path of citizenship including the majority of republicans. but that number drops to 59% when president obama's name is added. with more on what to expect tonight. let's go to david shuster live in washington, d.c. good evening. >> john, good evening to you. >> john: great to have you. what sorts of specifics should we expect from the president tonight. >> he'll focus on the new initiatives, manufacturing, infrastructure, education and clean energy
house speaker john boehner was even more dismissive. he told reporters today that the house republicans won't pass any part of the president's agenda this year except for immigration, and told mr. obama to stay out of it. and boehner also said the president lacked quote the courage to take on his heart on long-term spending, and that when it comes to cutting the deficit, and i quote, i don't think he has the guts to do it. mr. president, many economies believe that spending cuts are holding...
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everyone from john boehner to marco rubio called raising the minimum wage a job-killing measure. it's 2013, come up with a new routine for punishing the middle class, please. >> finally gun control the president told congress in no uncertain terms that he expected them to take action. >> each of these proposals deserves a vote in congress. if you want to vote no, that's your choice, but these proposals deserve a vote. because in the two months since newtown, more than 1,000 birthdays, graduations anniversaries have been stolen from our lives by a bullet from a gun. >> now, he didn't say which way they should vote, and just taking a vote is no guarantee gun safety measures will pass. progressives are concerned about whether the president's words will create real change. some are upset that he did not pike it clear that he would not allow any cuts to programs like medicare. he didn't even mention drones. if he's made the far left and most of the right angry maybe he's on to something. joining me now is charlie pierce. he joins us from newton, massachusetts. charlie, welcome back in
everyone from john boehner to marco rubio called raising the minimum wage a job-killing measure. it's 2013, come up with a new routine for punishing the middle class, please. >> finally gun control the president told congress in no uncertain terms that he expected them to take action. >> each of these proposals deserves a vote in congress. if you want to vote no, that's your choice, but these proposals deserve a vote. because in the two months since newtown, more than 1,000...
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. >> john: because if that happened, john boehner wouldn't get to lie about it, that the raise of the minimum wage would hurt and it won't. people would have more money to spend at your business. caller: i have two things, the first i wanted to talk about harry reid. i agree i feel like he did in fact drop the ball, particularly on the first, and then watching the disaster that way it was going to be yesterday don't you think in some way though, that perhaps the silver lining, don't you think that they're going to have to pass filibuster reterm at this point after what we just saw happened? stephanie: i've never seen a better case for it. obviously, john, you're right what he said happened and how harry reid couldn't see that coming. john: harry reid said i was wrong to trust a handshake deal with mitch mcconnell. they were right and i promise on the first day of the is that the, we're going to use the simple majority on that one day to do it. he called a recess so the first day would last a bit longer, when one day feels like several days like the habit. he did nothing. he let it die
. >> john: because if that happened, john boehner wouldn't get to lie about it, that the raise of the minimum wage would hurt and it won't. people would have more money to spend at your business. caller: i have two things, the first i wanted to talk about harry reid. i agree i feel like he did in fact drop the ball, particularly on the first, and then watching the disaster that way it was going to be yesterday don't you think in some way though, that perhaps the silver lining, don't you...
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and for me it was fun to see which things john boehner chose not to stand for. he did not stand for we need to pay our bills. at the not stand for a nation that is more important than a party. and he did not stand for the 102-year-old who waited hours to vote. however, it's fun watching democrats and republicans blaming each other for an economy wrecked by republicans and democrats. and the president calling out to the people watching the show, speaking beyond those to those beyond the chamber and talking to those watching the show. talking about climate change, i wish i would have made my drinking words comprehensive or get that done. >> michael, what is your take away on the speech welcome. >> i'm going to be less--i'm glad you're going last, cenk although i shouldn't be glad you're going last. this speech will forever be remembered if it's remembered at all as the gun speech. it was very candid, they deserve a vote. they deserve a vote. they deserve a vote. putting guns last was a tactical bit of speech writing. i think that it was very good tactically becaus
and for me it was fun to see which things john boehner chose not to stand for. he did not stand for we need to pay our bills. at the not stand for a nation that is more important than a party. and he did not stand for the 102-year-old who waited hours to vote. however, it's fun watching democrats and republicans blaming each other for an economy wrecked by republicans and democrats. and the president calling out to the people watching the show, speaking beyond those to those beyond the chamber...
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john boehner, what are you waiting for? another exciting show tomorrow. have a good one, tokesfolks. come back and see us again tomorrow. >> this is "the bill press show." [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> stephanie: oh i'm sorry. are we on? glug glug, glug. >> stephanie: good morning jacki schechner. is she there? >> hold on. i just had to sip some water. >> stephanie: were you also drinking? >> totally parched. >> stephanie: wow. dry as a desert in here. [ laughter ] >> sean hannity said that was the best response to a state of the union he's ever seen. >> stephanie: awkward! >> he was going along fairly well. compared to jindal and some of the others in the past. >> he looked like he was running for a fraternity president. >> stephanie: he didn't get the chris matthews oh, god until that point. >> always look so young too don't they? i don't know if it is the background or the setting. >> stephanie: nervous much? i think i'm pretty sure boehner was drinking bourbon. we'll talk about that in a bit. in the meantime, jacki schechner in the current news center. >> good
john boehner, what are you waiting for? another exciting show tomorrow. have a good one, tokesfolks. come back and see us again tomorrow. >> this is "the bill press show." [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> stephanie: oh i'm sorry. are we on? glug glug, glug. >> stephanie: good morning jacki schechner. is she there? >> hold on. i just had to sip some water. >> stephanie: were you also drinking? >> totally parched. >> stephanie: wow. dry as a desert in here....
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john boehner was standing and applauding. he had to. i don't think we have ever heard a more powerful state of the union. we will see now what john boehner and mitch mcconnell do. what do you think in 866-55-press. 866-557-7377. sometimes we bitch and moan as liberals. last night should convince us, we backed the right horse. we got the right guy in the white house. >> this is "the bill press show." [ music ] >> on my next show, fashion savant carson kressley goes from dancing with the stars to dishing with moi, on say anything. (vo) this afternoon, current tv is the place for compelling true stories. >> jack, how old are you? >> nine. >> this is what 27 tons of marijuana looks like. (vo) with award winning documentaries that take you inside the headlines, way inside. (vo) from the underworld, to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to use him. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. [ music ] >> this is "the bill press show" >> bill: all right. now 25 minutes after th
john boehner was standing and applauding. he had to. i don't think we have ever heard a more powerful state of the union. we will see now what john boehner and mitch mcconnell do. what do you think in 866-55-press. 866-557-7377. sometimes we bitch and moan as liberals. last night should convince us, we backed the right horse. we got the right guy in the white house. >> this is "the bill press show." [ music ] >> on my next show, fashion savant carson kressley goes from...
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and you're going to hear all kinds of people starting with john boehner say you raise the minimum wage, it is going to cost jobs because people will have to lay a lot of people off or fire people. that's absolutely not true. every study for the last 50 years has proven that is not true. all that means is republicans who say that don't give a damn about working class americans. raising the minimum wage is the right thing to do! congress ought to do it. just like george w. bush did. [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> hello current t.v. land. the marco rubio thing, once we get a comedy bingy it's fun. >> he drank, he snacked exercised, and drank again. it was cute. he made fun of it all the way through. >> we're not doing anything. we'll wait until you're done. >> the president spoke for an hour. he didn't take a drink once. >> not once. because he is superman. jacki sheckner in the current news center. >> president obama's going to travel to georgia today to talk about another part of his state of the union address guaranteed high quality preschool education. he's visiting a prek. class and then going
and you're going to hear all kinds of people starting with john boehner say you raise the minimum wage, it is going to cost jobs because people will have to lay a lot of people off or fire people. that's absolutely not true. every study for the last 50 years has proven that is not true. all that means is republicans who say that don't give a damn about working class americans. raising the minimum wage is the right thing to do! congress ought to do it. just like george w. bush did. [ ♪ theme...
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you have john boehner on tape saying i got 98% of what i wanted. >> stephanie: that's right. bragging about it. >> caller: that leaves obama 2% at fault. so somebody can't do their math. >> we're not letting them get away with that. >> caller: you got to hammer that tape. >> stephanie: get on that. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: the president talking about the rich paying their fair share. facebook will get a refund this year. it made $1.1 billion in profits, and they will be receiving a federal tax refund. one of our most successful companies not paying a dime in taxes, gawker writes yes please, let's cut medicare. that's the thing that is broken. now. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. you would rather deal with ahmadinejad than me. >>absolutely. >> and so would mitt romney. (vo) she's joy behar. >>and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? ♪ >> announcer: stephanie miller. >> well, one of my n
you have john boehner on tape saying i got 98% of what i wanted. >> stephanie: that's right. bragging about it. >> caller: that leaves obama 2% at fault. so somebody can't do their math. >> we're not letting them get away with that. >> caller: you got to hammer that tape. >> stephanie: get on that. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: the president talking about the rich paying their fair share. facebook will get a refund this year. it...
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guess what john boehner says. but first... >> this is the "full court press." >> other stuff you need to know as you head out the door this morning, a big protest against the keystone xl pipeline in front of the white house yesterday resulted in 48 people getting arrested. politico reports that robert f. kennedy jr. actress daryl hannah bill mcgibbon and leaders of the sierra club were among those locked up for attaching themselves to the white house gate. this was the first officially sanctioned act of civil disobedience that the sierra club has ever participated in. they've been around 120 years. >> bill: they had that all organized yesterday. remember the last time, i was there for the last one. i wasn't there yesterday. they had that sort of fake pipeline that they surrounded the entire white house grounds to make the point about the keystone pipeline. it is still out there being reviewed. still a bad idea. they're still opposing it. good for them. >> you didn't get arrested. >> bill: did not. >> floyd landis,
guess what john boehner says. but first... >> this is the "full court press." >> other stuff you need to know as you head out the door this morning, a big protest against the keystone xl pipeline in front of the white house yesterday resulted in 48 people getting arrested. politico reports that robert f. kennedy jr. actress daryl hannah bill mcgibbon and leaders of the sierra club were among those locked up for attaching themselves to the white house gate. this was the...
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. >> he played with john boehner. when he's played with high-ranking officials or ex-officials, there has been pool access. i guess there was some concern about tiger woods. i've also detected evidence that a lot of the staff didn't realize tiger was coming down to play a round with the president and the whole thing was happenstance. there wasn't any time to make plans for pool coverage. >> bill: just -- listen, i'm with you right. i'm with our association. i talked to a couple of our colleagues down there over the weekend who said you know, they just -- they have taken to the floridian caught and golf club and they were put inside of a bus, sitting inside of the gate and that's where they stayed all day long. playing devil's advocate, if you know where the president is and what he's doing why does there have to be a photograph of him? or why do the press have to see him actually? what's the argument? >> we feel like we're doing our jobs, i guess. interesting to see him. i think the real problem was the tiger woods in
. >> he played with john boehner. when he's played with high-ranking officials or ex-officials, there has been pool access. i guess there was some concern about tiger woods. i've also detected evidence that a lot of the staff didn't realize tiger was coming down to play a round with the president and the whole thing was happenstance. there wasn't any time to make plans for pool coverage. >> bill: just -- listen, i'm with you right. i'm with our association. i talked to a couple of...